Rug or carpet loom.



0. BARTLETT.

RUG 0R CARPET LOOM. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1907.

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0. BARTLETT.

RUG OR CARPET 100M.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1907.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

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CORA BARTLETT, OF CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

RUG OR CARPET LOOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1907. Serial No. 395,313.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Com BARTLETT, a citizen of the United States,residing in county of Canadian, State of Oklahoma, have invented a newand useful Bug or Carpet Loom, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to looms and has special reference to a loom forweaving rag carpets. I

One object of the invention is to provide a loom in which both the warpand the woof may be strands of rags.

Another object of the invention is to provide a loom of very simpleconstruction and one adapted to be used without any skill on the part ofthe person using the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a light and simple loom ofthe character described in which there are few moving parts and thosenot liable to get out of order.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists, ingeneral, of a supporting frame provided with certain mechanisms mountedthereon for holding the warp and woof strands together with a drum onwhich to wind the finished carpets.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of constructionand combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the several views, and :Figure 1 is a plan view of a loomconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of said loom. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4C is a partial section on the line 44 of Fig. 2 with certain pinsomitted. Fig. 5 is a partial side elevation showing the means forholding the winding drum in adjusted position. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of one of the operating handles.

The character G represents the front side members of the machine frameand these preferably consist of a pair of flattened posts or uprightsheld in parallel relation. To the rear of these are a similar pair ofuprights 6, the latter being preferably considerably shorter than theuprights G. The upper ends of the uprights e are connected to theuprights G by members J and the lower ends are similarly connected. EX-tending across the lower front portion of the device is a transversemember H and a similar member extends across the lower rear portion tohold the lower ends of the slde frames in proper relation. Carried onthe front member H and the lower members J is a foot rest F. On theupper front face of the members G is carried a transverse member K andat the extreme upper rear portion of the members G is a similartransverse member M. At L is shown what I preferably term a front pinboard and at L is a similar rear pin board. The proximate edges of theseboards are spaced apart as indicated at m and along the edges arearranged a double series of pins X and X the pins of the two seriesbeing equal in number and disposed opposite each other.

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The rear pin board terminates short of the V members G so that there isa space between each of the members G and the end of the board as shownin Fig. 1. Mounted in suitable bearings C held in the members G is ashaft Z provided at one end with a collar U and at the other end with acollar U and at each end in the slots Y with a toothed woof wheelForming the forward edge of the pin board L is a transverse guide boardK in which the pins X are set. These woof wheels are so arranged thatthe woof strands may be let backward and forward over the pointed teethand as the wheels revolve may be carried down through the slot m.

In order that the proper position of the woof wheels may be maintainedthe end of the shaft Z is reduced as shown at V and upon this reducedportion is pivotally mounted a crank handle Z provided with a lockingpin 6 arranged to enter one of a series of holes formed concentricallyon a plate D. By means of this construction, the handle may be swungaway and the pin 25 re leased from any one of the holes, the handleturned to the desired position, and the pin 25 entered in another hole.

The rear members 6 support a shaft V having mounted thereon a windingdrum S provided with the crank handle Z arranged similar to thatpreviously described.

Formed in the front and rear pin boards L and L respectively anddirectly behind the pins X and X are longitudinal series of seats 0 therecesses of one row being offset with respect to the recesses in theother row. Thus it will be observed that in the row contiguous to thepins the said recesses these teeth turn until the strand is brought justbelow the top of the pin boards L and L The spools 0 upon the front pinboard are now moved to be interchanged with those on the rear pin boardand a second strand of woof is laid and revolved as before. Thecontinuation of this operation may be aided by forcing the crossed warpstrands firmly down with a beater-bar, not necessary here to be shown.As the operation continues the drum S is-rotated by means of its crankhandle from time to time to keep aproper tension on the warp strands.The spool 0 here shown is indicated as resting on one of the pin boardsand is to be taken merely as indicative of a suitable device on which towind the warp strands.

It is obvious that any style of weaving may be performed with thisdevice as it is not necessary with the laying of each of the woofstrands to interchange all of the spools but certain of the spools maybe moved at one time, and others at another so as to produce a patternif desired. It is further obvious that minor changes may be made in theform and construction of this invention without departing from thematerial prin ciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine thesame to the exact form herein shown and described but it is wished toinclude all such as properly come within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is 2- 1. Ina device of the kind described, a frame, a pair of spaced pin boardseach provided with a row of spaced pins, the pins on one board beingdisposed opposite to and equal in number to the pins on the other board,woof wheels disposed at the ends of said pin boards and adjacent thespace between said boards, said woof wheels being provided with teethadapted to travel across the ends of the space between said pin boards,and a fabric winding drum.

2. In a device of the kind described, a frame, a pair of spaced pinboards each provided with a row of spaced pins, the pins on one boardbeing disposed opposite to and equal in number to the pins on the otherthe ends of the space between said pin boards,

a fabric winding drum, means to rotate said woof wheels, and means tohold the same in adjusted position.

3. In a device of the kind described, a

frame, a pair of spaced pin boards each provided with a row of spacedpins, the pins on one board being disposed opposite to and equal innumber to the pins on the other board, woof wheels disposed at the endsof said pin boards and adjacent the space between said boards, said woofwheels being provided with teeth adapted to travel across the ends ofthe space between said pin boards, a fabric winding drum, a shaftsupporting said woof wheels, means to rotate said woof wheels, a pivotedhand lever held upon said shaft, a plate surrounding the shaft at thehand lever end and provided with a series of perforations concentric tothe shaft, and a pin carried on the hand lever adapted to enter in oneof said perforations.

CORA BARTLETT.

Witnesses LENA BUCK, CHAs. L. HUBBARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. I

